#or just keep being homophobic idc at this point

[crayzkrypto]

Just some thought's I had abt the current situation: (Tw: political thinking & some existential thinking.) (This is the ONLY time I will say smthn like this I promise. (I don't really like politics in general or rlly at all >_<))

-Kat's: "Oh shit, we're doomed." thoughts-

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If trump gets the dictatorship he wants we are all royally fucked.

If trump wins he WILL remove the rights of minorities, he WILL ruin the progress people have already made in terms of equality for minorities.

I ain't stayin if this place is being ruled by a cheeto king (Not my fault he made himself look like a cheeto ✨)

Trump is to say the least- I wouldn't put it past him in turning around and backstabbing our country as soon as he gains control over it.

As someone related to the big H man in history, I gotta admit, I don't rlly want a dictatorship.

Having a xenophobic and racist president would be hell for quite a lot of people.

Having a transphobic, sexist, ableist, and homophobic president would be hell for many.

Having a dictatorship is like erm, going back to the older days if you know what I mean, and it feels icky and disgusting in every way possible istg.

A rich person who only supports other rich people and treats non-rich people shitty; would not be such a great president, no offense to people out there.

If I were 18 rn I'd be voting for the poc presidential candidate, who's a woman, and supports minorities, and supports the people currently in very bad living situations.

Trump only cares about HIMSELF, he wants to live like a king, that is quite the opposite of what America was built on.

Do we really want someone as greedy, untrustworthy, selfish, and cruel as that in control- (To say the least I am genuinely a bit worried abt him potentially winning the election...) (Do not reply to this post or interact with me at all if you support Trump, are homophobic, ableist, transphobic, sexist, racist, etc, thank you. Idc that you support him or think that what he is doing is at all right, because it isn't right, I will remove your message if you come attacking me for saying what genuinely think abt this situation.) (And before people come in saying this or that is "perfect" or "the right way": * Keep in mind, nothing in this life is "perfect", there are always imperfections, there is always something uneven or not perfectly lined up, absolutely nothing is set in stone, nothing is a perfectly carved edge, there is always a crack somewhere, always a dent here or there, always a mistake in one place or another, I will never believe that anything in life is truly perfect, not for as long as I live. Because the truth about life, is that it will always be; wild, unpredictable, random, and imperfect. No one controls the outcome, every variable influences the hands of time, every variable is a random chance to affect. * Technically; nothing is "the right way to do things", since all things are technically just made up from this person, that person, or our ancestors, the "right way" you believe in is usually based on opinion or what you have been taught, heck, every word in the dictionary has been made up by someone else, somewhere else, at some point in time or history. It's all just opinions, beliefs made by those before you, and things you have been taught, people make their own choices in life and that is how it goes. You may believe in one thing, and support this person in life or that person, but do not expect or force everyone to do the same. ) (DO NOT: attack me for anything on this post, I mean it. Ty for understanding ^ ^ ! (Includes forcing opinions abt if you support Trump, and why you think I should think the same as you, listen: I DO NOT CARE! I won't support him, and never will, for various reasons, end of story.))

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[mrs-monaghan]

I ain't gonna lie. JK kinda being a bit of a shit stirrer today. Why is he posting pictures adding up to 13 like he's baiting Jimin, but posting the food in the same set of dishes that Tae owns? Tae already showed that dish set in his story not long ago. Kinda like that day JK said Jimin was his, but turned around and said Tae was his. JM's in NY minding his business, while JK's kinda being messy. Well, at least both sets of shippers are happy & fighting at the same time over who JK is really posting for.

Anon, come closer. Let me show you something.

Remember this?

Okay. Wonderful then I'm sure you remember that atrocity they did of photoshoping V on Jimin's face. See if u can find it among all these times where they replaced Jimin with V.

These assholes didn't even try 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ That's one of the most iconic Jikook moments of all time. If you're gonna try to copy at least put in some effort 🙄🙄

That's one.

2) Remember when Jimin said the best part that represented him was the timestamp 1:23 on the One Day MV?

Remember how JK started recommending songs to army and pausing the songs at 1:23? He did this continuously without fail. (Manilla fight)

Even when sometimes the part made no sense. More on this here.

When Jikookers started celebrating this guess what the vermin did? They took the 123 theory and decided to relate that to Vkook. Even though they never would have done that shit, if Jikookers didn't point it out. According to them, 123 was about Tkk because V was born on 12th December 🤦🏽‍♀️

Shouldn't it have been 1230 then?? Why did they get rid of the 0? For convenience as always. 🙄🙄 Well, joke's on them, because JK stopped doing this. This is one of the earliest moments of JK debunking Tkkrs.

3) When Jkkrs noticed the JM and started talking about it.

The vermin said the tiger was about them. Because V's animal is a tiger.

Fuck the fact that the tiger and Korean culture go hand in hand. But guess what JK did when he met Poly C? He👏🏾covered👏🏾that👏🏾shit👏🏾up! Sure the man and the rest of BTS hated how the SK government were treating them. Sure he hates how he can't even show the world who he's in love with due to his homophobic country, so he decided the Tiger didn't mean that much to him after all. But I bet he saw a chance to kill 2 birds with one stone and he did. Fuck SK and fuck Tkkrs. Boom! Done.

4) When Karmy nick named Jikook the Sun and Moon duo because satellite Jeon is always orbiting Jimin like the moon orbits the sun, The vermin also started calling Tkk the Sun and Moon duo. Their reason? Don't ask me. Idk and idc. Too bad though, coz even BH knows who are the REAL Sun and Moon duo

5) While we are on the "mine" topic. Karmy already explained the difference between JK saying Jimin is his Vs when he said (warning RIP your algorithm if you click on this) V is his. According to Karmy, with V it came off more like a statement. With Jimin it was possessive, AF. And I agree. Not just because I'm a Jikooker, but because you don't need to be Korean to hear the difference.

For context: An army asked JK to give Jimin to them and JK was like; he's mine. But here is what u have to keep in mind. The V one came way, way, waaaaaay later than the Jimin one. As soon as he said Jimin was his, the vermin kept pestering JK with the same thing the former Army asked about Jimin. So going by JK's tone, it seems to me like he said what he said about V, to shut them up. 🤷🏽‍♀️ The difference is in the tone, guys. U don't gotta be Korean to hear it.

These are just a few examples. And now you're telling me, even though our numbers theory makes more sense, Tkkrs are claiming what JK is doing on weverse for themselves because of a plate?? A plate? Really.

This is just like when they decided Tkk went snowboarding because of a pair of shoes. Like no one else owns those shoes apart from JK and V 🤡 Again, someone please explain to me how people take them seriously. Please. They want what we have soooooo bad. They have always wanted what we have.

Jin can grab V's balls or whatever tf this was. Taejin what goes on??? 🧐🧐

And the vermin did not bat an eye. Not one fucking peep from them. But in the same memories 2021, Jimin gets embarrassed and does the simple act of hiding his face in JK's neck (something he has done for years BTW)

And ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!!!

You cannot tell me these people don't know Jikook is real. If they didn't see what we see they wouldn't want what we have so bad. And they certainly wouldn't feel so damn threatened.

So anon, JK owning the same plate as V, cannot even be compared to JK making a post on Jimin time. It ain't and will never be the fucking same. Please.

[kittykat299]

Thundercats (1985) Headcanons

As per my last post this is entirely conjecture based exclusively on the 1985 cartoon and nothing else. I have never watched the 2011 show or read the comic.

Reader beware, you're in for.... a lot

Thunderans in general

They have tails. idc what the show says they have tails. Some of them have lost their tails, in battle or otherwise. Will note which characters have which.

They can purr and hiss. Also they slow blink to show affection (like real cats!)

Wildly different heights from canon. Might update with height chart to elaborate later.

OG Thundercats all come from nobility and their paranatural abilities are a noble bloodline thing.

Thundera homophobic? It's more likely than you think. You know we love to hurt ourselves.

Lion-o

Was 12 when Thundera was destroyed. 17 after being sent to Third Earth. 20 when they discover the new Thundercats.

Autistic Himbo who loves ancient history. Could spend hours every day studying ancient history and views what little remains of First Earth as a treasure trove of ancient mysteries.

Bisexual. Had a crush on Cheetara as a teen, but once the new Thundercats showed up he fell head over heels for Bengali.

Cis man (he/him)

Speaking of which, marries Bengali, who he adores. He would die for his wife but he won't let him.

Has a tail. It only reaches his knees so is fairly out of the way.

Grew up feeling very isolated in the palace. There were servants, sure, and his nanny Snarf and mentor Jaga, but rarely got time to leave the palace and didn't interact much with his parents. He'll do about anything to get people to like him and fears the people closest to him will eventually abandon him.

Survivor's Guilt hits heavy when someone says to your face "we cannot save these people, we are prioritizing you". Even worse when your mentor dies to save your life.

Loves going camping and spending time in the wilderness. He picked up many survivalist tips from the people of Third Earth. He hates being cooped up inside and is slightly claustrophobic, and roughing it out in the woods every so often keeps him happy and calm.

Every so often he comes to Lynx-o just to ask him about his father, about Thundera's history. Lynx-o likes any excuse to tell his stories to people who haven't heard them a hundred times already.

Tygra

Was 20 when Thundera was destroyed. 25 on Third Earth. 28 when they find the new Thundercats

Gay gay homo sexual gay

Cis man (he/him)

Perfectionist with self-destructive tendencies. Addictive personality (both drug abuse episodes in the series were about Tygra, much to think about)

Has a tail. It used to be longer but he lost around half of it in an incident he still doesn't like to talk about.

Long term relationship with Panthro, they get married on Third Earth

Adopts the Thunderkittens along with Panthro. These two are the first the kittens turn to for parenting and comfort. At first they don't want to broach the topic in case the kittens get hurt but the kittens approach them after hearing Bengali and Pumyra talk about how Lynx-o has become a father to them and they call him dad sometimes.

Had strict, demanding parents who expected nothing less of perfection from him in everything he did: architecture, gymnastics, science, mental abilities, all of it. He regularly burned himself out trying to earn their approval until he became a Thundercat, at which point he ignored all contact from his family.

Had a hero crush on Panthro for a very long time, thought he'd grown out of it but when he became a Thundercat and began seeing Panthro in person it changed into a real romantic attraction.

Had multiple casual flings before actually dating Panthro.

Views Bengali as a little sibling, he sees his own naivety in relationships in her and wants to protect her but also they pick fights with each other a lot (mostly Bengali starts fights tbh).

Panthro

Was 29 when Thundera was destroyed. 34 on Third Earth. 37 when they found the new Thundercats.

Gay asf look at that harness. In the 80s??? That is a gay man

Cis man (he/him)

Had a tail, but it was cropped when he went down the route of becoming a fighter. A tail is just another weak point.

For relationship and adoption of kittens, see Tygra's entry above.

His and Tygra's relationship has been strained and they separated shortly before Thundera's destruction due to tension, but never stopped loving each other. Got back together shortly afterward.

He's not very good at expressing his deeper feelings, especially love and fear. This has been a source of tension in his and Tygra's relationship but it's mostly because Tygra can't see the way Panthro looks at him when he isn't looking at Panthro.

Grew up in a competitive household with a brother who would hurt him for fun, and always got away with some excuse or other. His brother was the golden child while he was often left out of the spotlight.

Actually pretty good friends with Bengali, they often end up working in the same spaces on their projects and occasionally collaborate on new gear.

Cheetara

Was 27 when Thundera was destroyed. 32 on Third Earth. 35 when they found the new Thundercats.

Bisexual

Cis woman (she/her)

Has a tail almost as long as her legs. Uses it for balance while she's running.

Has been athletic all her life, she finds comfort and destresses by working out regularly. Sometimes forgets her duties and responsibilities because she gets so in the zone.

Cheetara and Pumyra spend a lot of time working out together, both being more athletic than the other Thundercats, and developed feelings towards each other through athletic competition.

Goes on a morning run every day, usually to the Tower of Omens to go see her girlfriend.

She used to resent her psychic abilities, back on Thundera she was often made to use them as essentially a party trick despite how exhausted and hurt she would get afterward. As such she barely practiced using them. On Third Earth she was only rarely called upon to use them, only in emergency, and always given time and help to recover afterwards. She slowly grew to appreciate her ability and began to practice it until she could execute it more safely.

Struggles with feeling valuable when she isn't being useful, but has difficulty telling that to the others to get the support she needs as she's used to having to support herself.

Pumyra is her "exCUSE me, she asked for NO PICKLES" girlfriend.

Wilykit

Was 8 when Thundera was destroyed. 12 on Third Earth. 15 when they found the new Thundercats.

Still figuring herself out. She/her

Has a tail. Tries to take care of it, but with all the running around she and Kat do it's hard.

Has far more teenaged behavior than in the show. IDC what the show says those two are teens by s2 and dont talk or act like little kids anymore.

Usually the instigator of their shenanigans, especially the ones that land them in hot water.

She looks up to Panthro especially and often spends time watching and learning as he works on machines, even when she doesn't have to. Wants to build her own super cool vehicle, maybe with a sidecar for Wilykat.

She's the one who decided to talk to Tygra and Panthro about being adopted by them. They already had been, essentially, but nobody wanted to actually say anything in case feelings got hurt.

Wilykat

Was 8 when Thundera was destroyed. 12 on Third Earth. 15 when they found the new Thundercats.

Still figuring himself out. He/him

Has a tail.

See again: teen behavior. They still make poor decisions and can be childish, but they're not little kids anymore.

He's the first to break when they get in trouble, he's a bit more sensitive than his sister.

He doesn't start shenanigans, he just has very poor judgement and emotional control and will often make bad choices especially when he's angry.

Most likely to argue with the others, but also the first to apologize once he's cooled down.

Cheetara takes him under her wing in a sense and teaches him how to use exercise as an outlet for his excess energy. Tygra joins them too every so often, happy to see his adoptive kid enjoying himself.

Snarf

Age indeterminate.

He/him

Has a habit of still treating Lion-o like he's a child, even after he's a fully grown man and officially Lord of the Thundercats. Lion-o doesn't mind most of the time.

Much grayer in the face than the show depicts.

Doesn't really like sleeping in his own bed, will nap pretty much wherever in common areas so if something happens he can know about it.

Spends a lot of time worrying about something bad happening to Lion-o, especially when he can't come with and has to guard Cat's Lair.

Often thinks about retiring to the planet of Snarfs but can't bring himself to leave. He does retire eventually but mostly stays on Third Earth with the Thundercats he's gotten so attached to. Regularly visits the other Snarfs.

Initially distrustful of Bengali but has grown to like him, especially after seeing how happy he makes Lion-o.

Lynx-o

Was 50 when Thundera was destroyed. 58 when found by the Berserkers.

Kind of beyond dating for the moment, but prefers men.

Cis man (he/him)

Has a tail, but it's a bobtail like real lynx.

Was a martial arts instructor on Thundera, highly adept at most forms of hand to hand combat.

Never intended to be a father but after meeting Pumyra and then Bengali, has developed intense paternal instincts. He'll adopt everyone in this team if he has to.

Tygra and Panthro made up some braille signs for doorways and equipment for when Lynx-o visits Cats Lair.

As a young fighter on Thundera had a huge hero crush on Jaga. Used to be embarrassed by it but honestly is beyond that by now. Nobody's sure how to tell him Jaga's spirit is kind of hanging around still and can hear Lynx-o talk about him like that.

Will randomly approach Pumyra, Bengali, and/or Snarfer and drop Dad Lore before walking away. Those three are still trying to piece together his life story based entirely on Dad Lore Drops.

Pumyra

Was 21 when Thundera was destroyed. 29 when found by the Berserkers.

Lesbiab. Lesbiam. Less bien. Girls

Trans woman (she/her)

Has a tail. Sometimes grabs it by accident when she's going for her belt/sling.

Not really a specialist in any area beyond her athleticism, takes interest in learning as many skills as she thinks could be useful. Combat, first aid medicine, building, hunting and fishing, crafting clothes and tools. She'll climb the walls if she isnt learning and practicing some new skill or other.

Views Bengali and Snarfer as her little siblings, for better or worse. Was the first to be essentially adopted by Lynx-o and is the oldest of the three.

Short tempered, and just plain short. She's around Bengali's height- he is also short.

Sometimes spars with Cheetara. Always claims it's for training, but really she just wants an excuse to engage in homoerotic battle with a taller, stronger woman.

Lived stealth on Thundera, Lynx-o helping connect her with the medical assistance necessary to help her transition.

Speaking of which, once their survival needs were met her new biggest worry was not being able to get estrogen anymore. Once the Thundercats arrived she realized she could use the medical database and computers along with material found on Third Earth to create a new, steady supply.

(if they can solve all their problems with magic and if science can make shit like invincible superpowers real in this universe [i.e. the ep where vultureman does just that], i think sustainable HRT isn't too big of an ask)

Bengali

Was 17 when Thundera was destroyed. 25 when found by the Berserkers.

Genderfluid (he/him or she/her, depending on the day. Mostly prefers he/him) Gay (just likes men)

Had a tail. Lost her tail in an accident. Doesn't mind because without it he can show off his ass better.

Eventually marries Lion-o. Fell in love the moment he laid eyes on Lion-o. Anyone else notice throughout the series Bengali says that "Lion-o needs us" to do XYZ thing, when he means the team as a whole needs them to do it? His first line on seeing Lion-o is him stammering.

Didn't start experimenting with gender until Third Earth, at which point went nuts w it. Loves being called the Queen after marrying Lion-o. She doesn't have a name for it but it's essentially what we'd call genderfluid. Sometimes feels fem, sometimes masc, sometimes neither or both.

Grew up in an isolated tribe of Tygrans called the Ben-Gal whose culture was distinct from other Thunderans. They're smaller than other Tygrans and more likely to be born with white fur instead of orange.

Apprenticed at a forge from a young age at his parents' insistence (his father was a former blacksmith and wanted his kid to follow in his footsteps). Was something of a prodigy.

Entered a secret relationship as a teenager with one of the smiths working the forge who was in his twenties. When his parents found out, they kicked him out. His "boyfriend" refused to take him in and he ran away to the capital where he met Pumyra and Lynx-o, who took him in and tried their best to keep him safe. Pumyra became an adoptive older sister of sorts and Lynx-o was a father figure to both of them.

Partied hard after running away. Faked ID to get into clubs and drink and hit on men too old for him. His self destruction only really stopped when Thundera was destroyed and he lived for 7/8 years on an island with nothing but his found family and two Berbils.

She has adopted Snarfer as her baby brother and if anything were to happen to him she'd break the code of Thundera and end lives.

Snarfer

10 years old.

He/him

The fridge at the Tower of Omens is covered in his drawings.

Has a habit of standing in the room with people he wants attention from and just staring at them until they pay him attention. He has accidentally scared the others countless times doing this. The only one immune is Lynx-o, who will always eventually start up a conversation.

Listens to music as he does chores since it helps him focus on doing the work. The others don't really get his taste but if he's happy they're happy.

Has something of a know-it-all attitude but kind of grows out of it as he gets older.

Ropes the others into playing games with him. Hide and seek is his favorite but he needs to be careful because one time he fell asleep in his hiding spot and when they couldn't find him they were beside themselves and Bengali was about to disassemble the Tower before Snarfer woke up and came out of hiding.

[heterophobicdyke]

i’m sorry, am i missing something? osa women are still the majority lmfao. bisexuals are osa too, they’re also lesbphobic to lesbians on radblr, ive had too many personal experiences with this and had to leave that place. if anything i’ve seen more osa solidarity because bis want validation from them, or the ssa solidarity ive seen extends only to trans issues. if i do see bisexuals siding with lesbians it’s almost always completely inappropriate and an instance of them appropriating lesbian culture and pretending we are ‘just the same’, when we have fundamentally different experiences. yea, it’s great to have so many ssa people speak about our experiences, but it gets redundant still and isolates lesbians because they keep talking about men or fictional men, etc. febfems do this the most, they won’t talk to men, but they will still talk about men 24/7 and like.. whatever, idc but it’s not some ssa paradise, if anything i still feel like bi women are brining men into ssa space, but it’s fine because it’s not exactly an ssa space and it’s for all of us, but still, that’s osa behaviour lol. idk the stat of how many bi radfems are febfems, but i do know that in general majority of bis end up in osa relationships (just look at how many “lesbians” come out as bi after getting with men. a lot of these lesbians also are bi polilezes and discovered lesbianism through radblr and then they act shock ‘i never knew i could like men, i promise.’ )

there’s a reason lesbians alone are demonized on radblr and it definitely is not because we are the majority, it’s because bis + hets make up the osa majority. this isn’t meant to be hateful, but i do hate the insinuations that bis aren’t oppressing us too.. i mean just look at the founding of radical feminism, it’s the mother of political lesbianism, all those women were osa, and the way their books are still revered and not many know that andrea, Jefferys, mary daly, etc are homophobic, or if they do they don’t care. i understand the ‘just because they’re problematic doesn’t mean they didn’t have points’, their work is absolutely important. but tell me how many women are aware of their lesbphobic pasts?

sorry if any of this seems inappropriate, maybe it’s because of my personal experience, but i haven’t seen many bisexuals truly be on lesbians side and defend us and not be homophobic to us. most of it is fine i guess, if they leave us alone, but acting like it’s a true ssa paradise with sister solidarity is a bit.. lol

I don’t know what this is referring to, I don’t disagree with the core of what you’re saying at all. I will say, though, I haven’t seen febfems talk about men? I’ve seen them be pretty respectful considering they’re not identifying as lesbian but want to live female-centred lives?

Lesbians being 35% of the radblr population (if that’s the post you’re referring to?) is why many of the debates we end up having result in many het-partnered and/or non-febfem OSA women retaining their power in the Real World by being homophobic because they’re not used to lesbians having a say that isn’t crawling up their arse, like we are expected to in our everyday lives.

The sort of homophobia on radblr is specific, it revolves around their power being challenged in a specific way. To survive work, friendships, family etc. lesbians have to be so forgiving and let so much go. But when the topic is feminism, many OSA women feel threatened by lesbians because we were born without the attraction to our oppressors. We’re seen as privileged and exclusionary, as if we have any ability to hold privilege or exclude in regular society. It’s giving… TIM.

My focus will always be on lesbians but I’m not going to stop engaging with respectful OSA women who don’t rely on their power to shut lesbians down on radblr, instead amplifying what we’re saying and not taking it personal. All of these thoughts can coexist.

[thirstyforred]

ok spoilery list of things I liked about Fast X, in order of me remembering them

out of the blue abuela

cypher being grimdark im the devil 😈, while bleeding on doms couch, you have to imagine her narrating the whole flashback, with dom being like can you please just get to the point!

Dante. Enhante.

just Dante in general, idc if it reads homophobic to others, he's campy, he has fun, he made me gasp with "sir you can't say that in vin diesel's family movie" so many times

speaking of - Dante and Aimes. like im not delusional again?? there was some vibe in that reveal??

back to normal things, loved Mia & Jacob siblings co-op, i didn't knew it's something I wanted to see and it was awesome

also just Bryan/Paul Walker in photos, memories, plot hole bunker, it makes me go all fuzzy that they keep him in the franchise like that

what was Han about? looking like detached for all his scenes, then randomly eating edible?? im supposed to think my dude has weird side effects of comic book resurrection or what's going on?

the setup for him meeting Shawn was also weird, because like ofc I knew where they're going, but if it was supposed to be their first meeting then how Han even knew where to look for him? and why the rest of the gang was acting supportive as if Han is going to see his ex with whom he parted on bad terms?? im gonna get delusional

Charlize Theron and Michael Rodriguez... i mean 🥵

random Måneskin song playing in Naples

Dom just straight up has super powers. he's like wizard with only one spell, casting Car. you may think it would be fun to do crossover and put Dom in Transformers but it wouldn't actually work, bc Dom is part cyborg (car). you get what I mean

i love that the movie ended killing half of the cast but then showing Giselle, so you know everyone is actually fine. king shit behavior from the franchise

calling Helen Miller Queenie

iirc during the vote in Agency only chairmen with female looking profile pictures voted against hunting Dom

Jacob just having totally new personality, good for him lol

"Ok, what do you guys wanna explode next?" "WHAT?" "Vatican?! Damn, sure. But you guys are going for hell for that 🤪"

[dustofthedailylife]

just out of curiosity since you mentioned you only have a couple of ships, who do you ship in genshin?

*sweats*

Don't mind me as I panic because I'm literally scared of the shipping-side of fandoms in general (I've seen how people talk to each other on twitter when their ships don't align and, oh boy, I want nothing to do with that...) >.<'

But my ships are fairly popular aside from one... I guess? I have three I like. Just to give a specific number. And while I don't read or write ship fanfics, since I prefer x Reader, I do like to look at fanart occasionally.

I'll put them UTC because I assume some people don't want to read that on their timeline since this is primarily an x Reader blog <3

Zhongli x Guizhong

I've shipped them pretty much since I started playing the game in 2021. I got super invested into Zhongli's lore and eventually came across her name. Then I started digging deeper into her lore and theories about her and fell in love with her and the ship.

I suppose this is something of a niche ship? Especially now with the new Lantern Rite where GuiPing seems to have overtaken it. And I've already seen people attacked over shipping GuiLi because of that too on twt now... cause apparently it's homophobic to ship them now? Idk... make it make sense. This is why I usually stay out of this.

2. Cyno x Tighnari

These two... I swear Sumeru has changed me somehow because as I stated in prior asks: I'm usually not into shipping characters so whenever I start liking two characters I have a sort of "denial stage" at first where I'm like "nah, I don't ship them... or maybe... no.... yes?".

And at first I was like "yeah they're best friends, whatever"... then I saw more and more fanart and was like "yeah, you know what, they're kinda cute." and eventually fanart converted me into shipping them. So, good job fanartists - the domestic and cuddly scenarios you put them in made me cave 👌🏻

And lastly...

3. Alhaitham x Kaveh

This one also seems to be quite popular and I basically just got past the above mentioned denial stage, haha! 😂

I have to admit I couldn't stand Kaveh at all at first, he seemed like a handful and I was like "yeah, they'd never get along in a million years, especially not as a couple."

Then I played Haitham's story quest and saw the interaction with Kaveh... then I saw more fanart again. Then [insert denial stage here] and I guess I'm now at the point where I can say, yeah... I like them and I also like Kaveh now... he is just such a kindhearted soul (even if he is a bit eccentric, I suppose).

Good job fanartists, once again 🤝🏻

So yeah, that is all of them.

I want to mention that I am really lost when it comes to shipping terminology and I also don't really want to get involved in all that stuff. It's all a bit too stressful for me.

I do want to draw fanart of these ships but I'm a bit too scared to do so and only drew things that could be interpreted as both ship or platonic (they're posted on my art blog, I'll keep this blog clear of that). Because I've seen how vile shippers get towards other ships at times when they don't like the portrayed one... instead of - you know - ignoring it??? Especially on twt.

And don't get me started on some "rules" people have put up for shipping. Like, just let me have the idea of two fictional characters being all lovey-dovey. If it makes me or anyone else happy, who cares? (as long as it isn't problematic ships ofc...)

I never intend to write ship fanfic however since that is something I also don't enjoy consuming myself. I always preferred self-insert 🤷🏻‍♀️

And lastly, idc if anyone ships these peeps with someone else or doesn't ship them with anyone at all. It's fictional characters and at the end of the day... it ain't that deep (which is why I'll never understand why some people make such a fuss over it...)

[flo-milli-shit-hoe]

MEGA ATSV SPOILERS

okay, so, im using this post to coalesce all my thoughts about this movie character by character, and no this is not proofread/edited

LAST WARNING FOR SPOILERS (also this post is just long asl)

Miles:

MY DAYS!!!! he is such a cool character. his entire struggle is about trying to fulfill others expectations and growing to find himself despite those expectations. AND GOD if that is not the teenage struggle. he doesn't want to disappoint his parents, but he also want to live up to being spiderman. AND he's still struggling with the grief of not being able to see his ppl (gwen, peter, etc) again bc they're in other dimensions.

ALSO, I love how his character represents the struggle of morality (get it? morales, morals- nvm). everyone in the world has different morals and different ideas on how to enforce right and wrong. a major point in this movie is what happens when you force your morals onto everyone else

Gwen:

ALSO ANOTHER COOL CHARACTER!!! like im still mad that she kinda betrays miles by never telling him the whole story. BUT OMG her character is such an interesting exploration of identity and trust (and also how much hurt you cause even when u think ur doing the right thing; bc girl why didnt u tell miles what was going on).

her dad unknowingly hunting her the whole time is such a cool part too. like it speaks to how parents can make their children feel unsafe with uninformed opinions and biases, aka all his comments of how dangerous spider woman is even though he doesn't know the full story (i.e. spouting homophobic things around you child not knowing they're gay; or supporting the criminalization of things like weed despite stats showing that such a petty offence is used to put undeserving ppl behind bars (btw these r just random examples))

Hobie:

ISTG I LOVE HIM SO MUCHHHH!!!!! his character is such a good tribute to what a punk ACTUALLY is. especially in a time where skinheads and sharps are such a pervasive problem in the community (also fuck all the yt ppl who ruined the term skinhead, you appropriated british-jamaican culture and put it with nazis, i fucking hate you). despite all the disdain everyone held for him and his idc attitude, the one thing hobie was consistently is KIND. he barely knew miles for more than 20-mins and still helped him when shit went south bc that's what punk is meant to be. its community support, kindness, and righting the wrongs made by the establishment.

Pavitr:

I ALSO LOVE HIM TOOO!!!!! his character is so happy-go-lucky and positive (and honestly the opposite of most peters that we see). im sad we didn't get to see more of him and his universe except for setting up the plot of spot and miles being an anomaly.

Miguel:

THIS BITCH!!!! I LOVE AND HATE HIM!! he's such a well developed antagonist. esp bc he's not actually a villain, he's just another spiderman. he's such a good analysis on what happens when a person thinks that suffering is inevitable/is required to develop as a person.

AND YES WE FUCKING KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BREAK CANON! i keep seeing analyses of his character that keep asking 'well how do we rlly know what happens?' he tells you, the movie tells you, EVERYONE TELLS YOU what happens. the only reason he is the way he is, is bc he broke the canon and got punished by the narrative for it. now, this isn't to say that what he's doing is right (trading lives for one another), just that it makes sense from his perspective.

Jessica:

another adult that i kinda hate.

but i get it, she has a baby and her own home dimension to protect. but damn, this isn't the way to do it. she's another wonderful example of what happens when ppl believe that suffering is necessary (like yes, suffering happens, everyone will suffer; but the whole thing about being a hero is to prevent suffering when you can!!! not to enforce your ideal of what morality is).

both her, peter, and miguel represent one major part of the generational divide between gen x and gen z. SO MANY ppl in gen x (jessica, peter b, miguel, any other older iterations of spiderman) believe that struggle is required, and that things shouldn't improve so that future generations have to struggle like they did. but ppl in gen z (miles, gwen, hobie, pravitr) are suffering from decisions we didn't make, being tasked with fixing these problems so future generations DONT suffer like we have to.

Peter B:

my dude, you fucked up, you have to accept that before you keep trying to apologize. stop shoving your fucking baby in everyone's face

once again, a perfect example of why you can't try to enforce your morality on everyone (except he's not as clear cut as jessica and miguel bc he switched sides in the end). i think he (and gwen) knew what they were doing was wrong lowkey. but didn't understand just how cruel it was until it happened to someone (miles) they cared about personally, which is a whole commentary in and of itself. and honestly, i think he still wouldn't have realized it if miles went along with it instead of fighting to save ppl.

Mile's parents:

they act just like my caribbean father and aa mother istg

they are the best outcome of 'your parents are ppl too'. they sacrificed so much to get miles to where he is and want to make sure he doesn't waste his opportunities in life. they're the perfect example of well-meaning parents, and im SO GLADDDD that they start learning to listen to miles. im so excited to see how their relationship with miles develops in the next movie.

Gwen's dad:

a perfect example of what happens when you jump to conclusions like its the olympics.

(like most cops) he doesn't investigate the other factors to peter's death and just goes with the most obvious lead, spider-woman. which, eventually, costs him his daughter (quite literally... he fucking shoots at her). BUT, it was SOOOO refreshing to see him grow because he realized that his job was ruining his relationship with his daughter.

The spider ppl of the first movie:

(this category is like penny, noir, spider ham, etc.)

you sometimey bitches pmo. like the first movie was a wonderful example of how to fix the spiderverse w/o all the shit miguel is doing. yet, here yall are betraying miles.

i have nothing else to say

if you made it this far

SHOUT OUT TO THE WRITERS OF THIS MOVIE!!!!

ESP BC THIS CAME OUT DURING THE WGA STRIKE. YALL DESERVE ALL THE LOVE, YOUR JOB IS SO HARD. AND YOUR WORK IS SO IMPRESSIVE!!!

SHOUT OUT TO THE ANIMATORS TOOO!!!! YALL PUT SO MUCH LOVE AND CARE INTO THIS MOVIE. ITS PHYSICALLY PALPABLE HOW MUCH YALL CARED ABOUT GETTING EVERYTHING JUST RIGHT.

(though it does suck that you can't watch this movie if ur photosensitive, which def defeats the 'everyone can be spidey' thing and it's just ableist)

[buckieduckie2]

tw: bouta get religious on yall hoes but ykw might aswell say cause ima bout to drop a fucking bOmb oh yeah and mention of suicide

um

HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT A SINNNNNNNNNN idc that they apparently wrote it in the bible i dont care i dont care i dont CARE

why would basic human nature and love be a sin???? it doesnt make sense. the basic action of loving who you love should not be penalized. I think they were lying

i also heard that it wasnt origianlly in the bibles and that a bunch of pedo priests had someone change the "man shall not llie with boy" to "man shall not lie with man" uhm yeah i guess dont like- q u o t e me on that but thats what i hearrrrddddd

but even if it was explicitly written in the bible I still dont think homosexuality is a sin becausueeeeee

suicides a sin right? and being unhappy isnt good? and you should love yourself?? right??? ISNT THAT WHAT JESUS FUCKING S A I D ??????

so- if deciding to embrace your homosexuality is gonna ultimately save you from killing yourself and harming yourself, then WHY would it be a sin? if doing one sin is going to protect yourself from multiple sins, then i dont think it should be considered a sin at all

and also, all the other sins seem so different. theyre something you can control

having premarital sex? you can control that. not having premarital sex isnt going to tear you limb from limb

NOT m*rdering someone isnt going to destroy you as a human

NOT harming yourself is actually good for you

controlling your jealousy is healthy

theres so many other things too

but- suddenly a man loving a man is... gross? innapporpriate?? sinful??? it just doesnt make sense

In Christianity, apparently we're all sinners and we sin every day. But what makes the difference is wether you pray and ask for forgiveness, or you go on living your life blindly full of sin and terrible what nots you know.

you can repent and ask for forgiveness for things like harming yourself or others or other sins, and then you can in good coincious never do those things again and feel good about yourself and the repenting is honest

but what about being queer? youre going ot repent and repent becuase youre worried about going to heaven but then you keep being a hOmOsExUaL and then at one point the repenting just isnt the same, it gets like- not valid yk cause Jesus is gonna see you and be like- nah not this kid again bruhhh

but theres so many queer people who are religious or who would like to be saved or have that security that there is a higher power that loves them unconditionally-

you could do EVERYTHING right but still be gay and then you try and FIX yourself but its not WORKING and then you arent being kind to yourself anymore and its a shit show

so like why would jesus say something so blasphemous- idk man idk it just doesnt seem right to me

anyways im not even that religous who knows maybe time will tell but- JESUS ISNT HOMOPHOBIC AND ALL THOSE CHRISTIANS WHO TRY TO CONVERT YOU- THATS THE SIN!!!! CONVERSION IS THE SIN 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

i dont think Jesus was homophobic i think he welcomes gay and trans and all queer people into Heaven

[madsgotmadagain]

The Maze Runner Rant

I remember one time when I used to be in the maze runner fandom I came across a post about a lesbain reader and their lover. And it said that the boys would try to break them up and they sort of had kind of homophobic mind set and I was just like 'what??'. Because you cant tell me those boys were trapped in a maze for literal YEARS and not 1 of them was gay?? When there were like 50 of them?? Not one gay couple?? Yeah I dont buy it. Plus I almost forgot but Newt is CANONICALLY gay COMFERIMED BY THE CREATOR OF THE BOOKS. And he and thomas had so much chemistry and tension. But they boys had a homophobic mindset? It makes no sense. Now if I remember correctly they might have been a tad bit misogynistic due to not being around women for so long, but homophobic? Naw I dont buy it. Those guys were too fruity. If a girl came up to them and said she was gay they would be like 'ok same? Idc I've got work to do' or maybe 'ok I like boys your point?'. These men would not give less of a fuck they are trying to escape a maze and make it back to their homes they dont have time to worry about being mean to lesbians.

Anyways sorry about the rant I just remembered this in the shower and I just wanted to talk about it. I tried to find the post I was talking about but I couldn't, but if you do see it please dont send hate to its creator! It was a while ago so its probably gone anyways lol.

Also, If anyone cares, I dont think I'm gonna keep posting my bad weirdcore images, I lost interest in them. If I get back into them later on I might make more but for now I'm done with them.

For future content I might rant about things I like or remember likening when I was younger, like fandoms and stuff.

Have a nice rest of your day/night!

[mithliya]

Omg, your mom tried to set you up?!!!!! With butch women no less?!!! Im so jealous idk if that would happene with mine 😭 recently she was ljke "oooo😉" at me about my sisters bf having a brother my age. I actually wanted to just go crazy insane bjork gif in that moment. ☹️ how dare you have men liking headcanons (?) about me. Idk whwtt would happen if she found out i was a lesbian. Like she also told me about how excited she was for me to have babies. When i was 13. :|

Also i live in gender capitol like we get taught gender identity spectrum in school and all. So thats why im not sure about there being butch women (or girls i guess bc .. im still a girl hezjnsjs) where i am and i keep feeling bad about having radfem? beliefs like is everyone going to hate me or is that just how it seems online xhxjd or. I dont know if that makes sense

I wish i could just fit in and go along w it but it feels so wrong to me, ... nopee even if i think youre cute im not going to affirm that youre not actually a woman bc your hair is short and you dont wear makeup or dresses it feels so demeaning for both of us. But then am i just making a big deal of nothing ?

Anywaays. Sending love bc peace and love on planett earth. :)

lmao since ive been out for quite some time now, my mom has gone thru the stages of grief and she reached a point where she’s accepted im a lesbian (she would try to convince me to get into a lavender marriage regardless for the sake of image but im not willing neither is my friend she keeps trying to set me up in a lavender marriage with) but she and my auntie have weird kinda homophobic beliefs on who im supposed to date. according to my mom & aunt, there has to be one “girl gay” and one “boy gay” ie one femme & one butch. they think if im gonna be dating women then they should be butch or otherwise masculine women bc it “balances” both parties of the relationship. they say im more feminine & shy & cute around butches and become more “womanly” so therefore i should be with butches 😭😭😭

SO basically yes my mom would meet butch lesbians in bahrain (they’re v recognisable in my country & have their own label too) and would immediately tell them about me and then exchange details w them. ive met 2 lesbians that way but ngl neither are my type and both have some major internalised homophobia to address. one of them was already in a relationship w a bi woman who’s going to leave her to marry a man (& just waiting until the day they must break up which was sad) and immediately started showing me her nudes (arab butches are the weirdest don’t even ask). the other one told me a fucked up story about how her bi ex left her to marry a man without telling her & when she got mad, her bi ex said “you’re just mad bc no man would want you with how you look”. a normal lesbian might’ve simply said “i don’t want men so idc” but the butch i met took it personally and married a man to prove a point. she got lucky bc he died within a few months of their marriage! he was trying to pressure her into sex and even complained to her family about it so if he didn’t die, who knows what trauma she would’ve faced…. also she told me she takes testosterone & steroids bc she’s a body builder and she has this kind of body smell that men often have (probs bc of the hormones) which were all big turn offs for me so. neither worked out.

my mom also still pressures me to have kids and has been since i was a baby 😭 but luckily she’s been overall supportive of me being a lesbian… hopefully your mom will be the same one day. heteronormativity is so annoying lol i hate how every gay person had to deal with our loved ones fantasising about us dating the opposite sex bc they assume we’d be OSA by default.

also no ur not making a big deal of nothing! it’s a big turn off for me having to pretend that a woman not being feminine means she’s not a woman. and it’s annoying having to pretend someone is my boyfriend or w/e else. i think it only becomes more of a turn off the longer you’re out too bc like damn too many of us already pretended to have boyfriends or to be interested in that stuff so being expected to do that to any capacity is just. bad feelings

[saladbroth]

idc idc i'm on the akk protection squad until the day i die if i see anyone say anything bad about that boy i will fight and that is a threat

is he taking extreme measures? yes, absolutely but i don't think they're out of proportion for the situation he finds himself in. akk is under so much pressure from so many sides it's kind of a miracle he hasn't had a full mental breakdown yet like.

he's on a scholarship that threatens to be cut off by any mistake he makes and that most likely is also dependent on his performance in classes so not only does he have to follow every single rule perfectly but he also isn't allowed to slack of for a second in classes he's student prefect and president of the club, which means not only does he have the responsibility of keeping his scholarship but also the responsibility of keeping everyone else in line, and honestly with everything we've seen from suppalo so far it's fairly easy to assume that if he does wrong with that he'll aslo impact his scholarship he's being used and manipulated by a teacher whom he trusts, and that probably just makes his need to be the 'perfect' student worse we don't know much about his family but i'm gonna go ahead and assume that they also always have expectations they place on him and if he doesn't follow what they want he has negative consequences to deal with he was bullied. he's at a school that's openly homophobic. he's falling for a boy and it's a boy he's not even supposed to like. so obviously he doesn't want that, because he knows he'd break rules and standards and fail expectations and he would get bullied again

it's completely understandable that akk is so against letting ayan in, even if he's being more open to it now and actively flirts back on occasion. it's understandable that he's trying to do everything to stay in chadok's good graces and keep his scholarship, because if he doesn't? well

i mean we saw the preview, and him crying because he thinks he'll disappoint everyone if he fails (i've been saying this!!!) and we saw the fear in his eyes whenever ayan was near him and we saw his desperate attempts at keeping things orderly by being more cold-hearted than he actually is and i'm so !!!!!

he's trying so so hard and doesn't know what to do anymore except go for the extremes because what else is he supposed to do? there's no adult in his life to help him and give him advice (that he knows of, i suspect teacher sani would be supportive if he talked to her) especially with teacher dika gone he probably feels completely isolated and out of options and honestly reenacting the curse seems to be the most harmless option because i doubt very much that he would actually hurt anyone

i'm rambling at this point but i just. i have so many feelings about akk and the way he feels trapped and crushed underneath all the things he sees as his responsibility because he's just a kid. he's still a student who's trying so hard and who doesn't want anyone to see and who doesn't have anyone to rely on when he needs it because he's too afraid to be a disappointment. it's tragically relatable and i can't wait for ayan to be there for him because i suspect that'll be a first for akk

[mcnuggyy]

I promise I'd just like to hear your thoughts on this and I'm genuinely not looking for permission or anything, but years ago I saw how some people really disliked "genderbent" designs for some valid reasons. I was nervous to do it wrong or upset anyone so I avoided doing it ever since. But now I know better, and I'm under the impression it's better to do them without obnoxious stereotypes? And not tag it as "bent" but maybe as redesigns? Idc about them that much so I can also never do it too.

Ima be honest anon I genuinely thought we had already reached the “who give a shit” era for ‘genderbents’ but I guess there’s still some uncertainty around it, so I’m gonna give you my personal opinion but please know that each trans person has different feelings about it so feel free to take what I have to say with a grain of salt.

Truly I think with anything, just don’t be weird about it… what I mean by this is, don’t be transphobic, know what harmful transphobic stereotypes there are, especially when it comes to transmisogyny. Racist stereotypes as well especially when doing a genderbend with or involving a character of color! Don’t over sexualize minors when gender bending them (obvious but I have seen it too many times), don’t be homophobic about it, like if there’s a canon gay couple where they are both clearly gay don’t change the gender of one character just to make it straight (again seems obvious but I do still see this, if one of them is bi again ‘who give a shit’). Remember that sex and gender and gender presentation are 3 separate things, but also the concept gender and sex is so fluid and gray and most of the rules we made up as humans so like, sometimes there’s a gray area between a genderbend and a trans head canon and or trans interpretation so keep that in mind! Honestly drawing genderbends helped me and a bunch of other trans friends realize we were trans and explore our gender in a safe and fun way, but even if your’e cis, like as long as you’re not being weird, go for it, I don’t care! Like even if you’re sexualizing an adult with your genderbend… as long as you’re not being like fetishistic and weird I also don’t care, especially if it’s funny, like if you’re genderbending the entire Big Bang theory cast and give Sheldon huge anime tittles like honestly go for it, I do not care LMAO 😭😭😭 but again this is my own personal opinion and keep in mind I’m non-binary so I’m already like ‘who cares’ about gender bends cause most of the time people don’t even do anything fun or interesting with it, they just wanna be horny, which again, I don’t care as long as it’s not like some poor kids cartoon. Which is probably why at this point most people just do trans interpretations cause they will always always always be way more interesting that some guy wanting to draw SpongeBob with a fat ass so there ya go.

Also people are aloud to not like what you end up doing… but I don’t think it’s immoral or evil or anything to draw like Saul Goodman as a hot babe, I certainly don’t care, but others are absolutely within their right to voice any opinions about it, just cause that’s show business babeyyyy. But again I think you’re probably fine, especially since it sounds like you’re already aware of what not to do and are genuinely being thoughtful so, I say go for it! Who give a shit! <3

[sasukesun]

Lesbian Skura stans embarrass me sometimes. Couldnt they chose another straight woman to defend? There are a lot of female characters who end up in straight relationships and you can kinda of say its bc of heteronormativy bc those female characters never simped for men or at least not to the extent Skra did. The worst is that some of them put the blame on Sske as if he chased her and its the reason she is so pathetic. They act like its peak feminism or something. I would sympathise with Skra if Sske did the flirting and she felt like she has to reciprocate. I have felt this pressure in real life, to answer to men flirting with me. But I would never initiate the flirting or go after him.

Those kind of stans either ship ino//sa//ku (I have no problem with that as long as they dont act like Sske is the reason the ship didnt happen) or ship sasu//saku but in a very degrading way for Sske's character. They make him the pathetic one, the one who simped because they cant handle that's Skra personality.

Franckly I even have a hard time believing lesbians (or sapphics) would ship sa//su//saku and sometimes wonder if some of them arent lying about their sexuality for validation points.

yeah well sakura is far from being wlw, people just say she is to make her character more palatable and justify her gross behaviour towards sasuke as “heteronormativity” as if that would make it okay… it wouldn’t btw, she would just be a creepy lesbian/bisexual. i’ve said it before, if people wanna ship inos/aku, whatever, idc, but people that ship it don’t usually only ship it, they come up with those weird excuses of sasuke being an abuser as if he’s keeping sakura captive or that sapphics harassing men are okay because they are in fact attracted to women… like what. i also find it hard to imagine it when you see how homophobic and misogynistic and vile ss fandom is, people can come and say every fandom has it’s bad apples but in ss fandom’s case, it’s hard to find the good apples

[ashleyinwondrland]

I’m still obsessed with the HBOMax Gossip Girl Thanksgiving episode. Like it was OG quality, rivaling the original’s Thanksgiving episode. Everyone ending up at Zoya’s, especially since I don’t know how many of them she would consider her friend but that makes it better. Particularly Max, who I don’t know if she and he ever really had a conversation at this point but his dad and bio mom arriving separately was hilarious.

There were a lot of little moments like when Audrey was avoiding Aki she grabbed Zoya saying “show me a picture of your grandmother” had me rolling.

Speaking of Aki, he felt like more of a full character and like the actor is getting better. He is becoming the himbo he is meant to be. I love when Zoya walked away after finding out he isn’t busy saying “thanks for the invite.” I also love his mom trying to be the best ally she can be. Including when Aki announced in front of everyone including his mom and Audrey’s mom that they were going to fuck Max again. She was so supportive of his threesome, she will definitely be marching in pride wearing all rainbows for her son. (Idc about Obie being mildly homophobic, idc about Obie).

And Audrey’s mom being so chill about it and even teasing Audrey, I love it! Though I was really worried at the end we were going to find out she like walked off the Brooklyn Bridge. Like given her depression, her attempt earlier in the season, and how giddy she was, sometimes when people before deciding to end their life get a high almost. Like where they know all the problems will be gone soon so they feel like Superman.

The David/Nick bomb about David keeping Nick from the delivery room & from seeing the girls mom one last time was not something I ever expected. Like that was really heavy. Julien was rightfully horrified. And it was so somber.

Then Lucy Punch breaks the silence with her news, saying it with the same gravity that the dads did. I love her so much, can we just put Lucy Punch in everything? Please? More of the whole Wolfe clan!

I feel so bad for Beck, but oh my god is that really the time or place? Also the way she keeps calling Julien, Julie is so grating, and I know it’s on purpose.

And then Aki interrupting the engagement news with asking about his dads voice mail. Then Zoya realizing Julian and Obie slept together.

Like omg it was just BAM BAM BAM BAM! They didn’t miss a beat!

Then the Rafa phone call, like yea he did the right thing in the end with quitting and realizing he was wrong but ugh.

Zoya telling Julien that they aren’t friends or sisters or enemies was A+++ acting, it was chilling.

Then Beck drunkenly dropping a bomb on Gossip Girl herself, perfect way to tie up the ending.

[yoitscro]

HOMESTUCK RAMBLE

The most troubling thing about the Sarah Z situation is that everything felt like damage control, tactical intimidation, and knee-jerked censorship. Right off the cuff of Hussie’s patreon message*.

(*Does anyone ever notice how Hussie only talks to the fandom when some kind of trouble eventually boils over, usually pointing a finger in one direction, versus addressing things earlier or addressing things period? Such as him having the power to speak against the actual anti queer jargon toward his employees prior to them leaving when things got worse? Or him mentioning the concerns of HS2 that people only found out through word of mouth and were reasonably upset about, such as them getting rid of the content warnings, or the fact that Hiveswap Act 2 was released without credits?

Would certainly make me less irritated if I didn’t know that that message is probably going to be one of his only few that he chooses to write and not mention other things, such as the returned antagonism toward fans. 

But this is also the same guy who continues to write passive aggressive messages in his comic and game scripts that calls everyone else a loser for still being mad about the racism and ableism. (Seriously, Psycholonials is just a vague post in game form and it’s chaotic as fuck to do things like using riots (racially prominent a year ago) in the toned environment of 2020 as goofy plot points. I thought we were suppose to do BETTER after Skaia Net.)

Idc if he’s not apart of WP anymore. Even then, he certainly left a lot of baggage for other people to handle. It’s incredibly irresponsible.

Anyways.)

Those journals have existed forever. Whether right or wrong, they have. They’ve gone unaddressed despite being known for existing. A big name youtuber giving an auditory version that doesn’t take up all the video probably shouldn’t have been the reason that fans finally got some kind of answer, and it’s blatantly transparent that it was to protect the IP from having it’s name tarnished. As if Homestuck doesn’t already have issues that it refuses to acknowledge after a decade that everyone else has talked about.

I can imagine that some kind of NDA was keeping them from talking about Hiveswap to their kickstarter backers, but the convenience of that expiring once Sarah said something gives me an inkling that the people who’ve actually stuck around to support Homestuck could’ve heard sooner. Not to mention that before this big blowout, people just wanted to know that the game was being worked on period. There was actually no NDA preventing that communication.

People wonder why there’s such a rift between WP and the homestuck community, and it’s stuff like that. The fact that Hussie only comes down to address damage when it piles up to a breaking point, rather than earlier. The fact that if you have one criticism, friends or associates of the people who write their favorite characters will maul you in the name of whatever marginalized group they happen isolate you from.

And at the end of it all, it’s almost like some big, surface level moral, because no one cared 3 days after Sarah’s video. Everyone treated it like usual youtube commentary essays about troubling developments and moved on.

Instead, now, still, everyone cares about the fact that an opinion video about Homestuck was getting legal threats during 4/13. After years of a troubled relationship with it’s fandom, this was the last thing they needed to do. I’m trying to wrap my head around what the favorable outcome was here; to look GOOD?

I can’t even imagine what this stunt looks like to other studios and IP groups. I wonder if Homestuck is secretly blacklisted at this point because so much bad behavior has been normalized instead of having a healthy blend between criticism and sympathy.

BC again, a transphobic bigot sending death threats bc homestuck “isn’t what it use to be”, and responding to that rightfully, isn’t the same as someone thinking that more jarring post-canon content and execution of things like toblerone wishes suck some, and figureheads deciding to insult minors, stir character drama, and call other bulk criticisms from the queer community homophobic or transphobic. That in fact loses support, money, and causes infighting, actually.

I’ve never seen a fandom decline in stable activity as hard as 2019-2020 Homestuck.

This is the part where I say that my caliginous crush from wanting to see this IP improve itself flares up from time to time, but is starting to die down knowing that, unless there’s a massive overhaul on how things are run, things aren’t changing...seriously. There are things HS can do even without Viz Media’s overbearing presence, but it doesn’t want to. Starting a feud on your holiday wasn’t one of those things to do, maybe, actually.

I think it’s telling that it’s actually bad enough that I usually refrain from talking as much as I am now, because some part of me knows that some ex WP member, or a friend of one, is reading this and potentially sharing it in whatever snotty chat to once more emphasize how evil of a person I am for saying what everyone else is thinking, lmao.

I think that if anyone wants to pride themselves in not being “terminally online” and in fandom, they should refrain from putting their hands on a story that’s literally embedded and literally about it’s fandom. Go join a private discord instead, or try a different franchise. Maybe have some self awareness. Just a thought.

Anyways, the trust is tainted. The fallout has been followed by quiet, and the current members are reshaping the ground of this community before the weeds eventually rear their heads again.

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do you have any irving hcs?

*gently lifts my totally coherent and real list of hcs* yes Warning that this gets VERY long bc I put on my Irving playlist halfway through and my brain went into half ramble mode half many thoughts mode. I also just have so many thoughts on Irving

Starting off by once again promoting my 'Irving has a brother and sister' hc

Irving handles character correction/role assignments (and also would be the brawns/strength in the trio, working mostly with the Combat Arena X folks but just overall anything Lionel related). His brother (Sterling) handles punishments (got lazy with sol and just handed that off to Irving) and uses magic (he's the beauty of the trio by default. The charismatic one) and then his sister (Eleanor) handles all the logistics/diagnostics/bug fixes and doesn't properly work with game characters, though has files on all Gmaeworks-owned/associated characters (she's the brain of the trio) [sectioned off from the others so this is easier to read]

Gay and homophobic

No one gets rights but him. He's the only gay person allowed.

Before the "Lionel wants this" incident, Reggie was adamently trying to befriend Irving. It never worked, Irving never cared for him. At fucking all

Irving, watching Bryce train: Haha I hope this doesn't awaken anything in me

It did

I'm sorry, but him getting super excited and then just going "*clears throat* I mean good. Anyways so-" feels so fucking gay to me. You cant convince me otherwise idc how much he likes violence. That was AT LEAST a teeny bit gay. Fruity, even.

Was constantly 5 seconds away from fucking killing someone in the Combat Arena X cast. He may like fighting, but he's very happy Lionel ended up selling the franchise, he can't deal with ANY of those idiots again

Doesn't honestly understand why he's so devoted to keeping Lionel happy and alive. As far as he's aware, nothing happened, and he doesn't think of Lionel as anything more than one of his bosses, so he doesn't get it

Ik the original line from Catarina was about Jeremiah, but the line "An unswerving loyalty to his master. Must be hard-coded." also makes me think of Irving with Lionel. Like,,,everything Irving does is for Lionel in some way. He punishes the characters that destroy Lionel's career, even killing other characters to make it happen. He 'gets rid of' Reggie. He warns him of the stolen artifact. There's gotta be SOMETHING going on

Is. Somehow not aware his other boss (Lou) is the devil. It just. hasn't clicked for him.

Was recreated/revived after The Hex's finale by Lou, though he now adamantly avoids the Six Pint Inn.

On that note, doesn't understand how trauma/mental illness works

"Yeah my uneasiness about going back to the inn is just me being careful, considering what happened last time. Nothing more."

The thought of it makes him spiral a little. Sir please look up what a panic attack is im BEGGING you. Same with mentioning going there. ;)

Also his dead body is still very much so buried behind the inn. So, technically he's just,,,a remade version?? The sequel. Irving part 2 electric boogaloo. Same personality and memories, though. So, nothing changed, he just has trauma now

Overlooked the work done on Inscryption when he wasn't helping Lionel. Was overworked, but never really,,,noticed it was happening. He just noticed he was extra tired and then never acknowledged it again

Was sent to solely overlook the development of Inscryption once Lionel was dead. Wasn't given much time to move on

At this point, all the basic coding had been done, as work on Inscryption (or at least Kaycee helping develop it) had started at some point at the same time as Waste World's development in my hcs. I'll write up a proper timeline for my hcs eventually. But yeah, he was just sent to watch over the characters and make sure they all stayed in line

Here's the link to all my Irving + Trader hcs bc im not relisting them all

His cruelty and devotion (to Lionel, obv) were coded into his AI by Lou. It wasn't Lou's first time fucking around with programs after all, and fucking around with something that was purely an ai was much easier than something that was once alive

The devotion was coded in during Lionel's time making games for Gamefuna, so at some point during Combat Arena X or Secrets of Legendaria. The incident with Reggie was purely cruelty based, and was Irving twisting Lionel's words to fit his own goals

This was kicked into high gear shortly after SoL's failure

Constantly struggling with Sado. She's both exactly like him and the exact opposite to him at the same time. They're both sadistic, sentient programs that don't care for the lives they endanger. But while Irving strives to protect Lionel, Sado strives to destroy him, whatever that may entail.

Was unfortunately busy with Inscryption due to Lionel's lack of progress when Sado invaded Waste World, and was in all unable to stop the damage that happened with that game. Found out about it shortly after the damage had already been done, and sought to capture Sado, no matter what.

Obviously, though, she got freed. That mixed with the stolen artifact just stressed him the fuck out, but protecting Lionel had to come before dealing with his own stress, even if that inevitably became his downfall

His devotion was actually coded in by Lou bc Lou kinda realized after making a deal with Carla that he was putting Lionel's life in danger, and. Well. *Looks at my Lou and Barry pre-canon hcs*

Taking a less pre-canon dependent approach, his devotion could honestly just also be that Lionel's one of the very few that are earning Gamefuna money, even if Gamefuna's games suck. So, if Lionel dies, they lose one of their best programmers.

Either way, Irving's devoted to Lionel purely because Lou wants him to be

I could honestly write a whole ANALYSIS on Irving's character, so. Take it in loose hc format instead. Maybe one day I'll write a proper analysis on him. One day